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Tetsuya Shiroo (城尾 哲彌, Shiroo Tetsuya, 1947 – 22 January 2020) [1] was the former leader of the Suishin-kai, a Nagasaki -based yakuza group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza organization in Japan . Murder of Iccho Itoh. On April 17, 2007, Shiroo shot Iccho Itoh, the mayor of Nagasaki, who died early the next morning.
Jan 24, 2020 · By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 24, 2020. OSAKA (TR) – Tetsuya Shiroo, a former gang member who received a death sentence following the fataly shooting of the mayor of Nagasaki City in 2007, has died due to illness in prison, reports TBS News (Jan. 24).
Sep 15, 2015 · Tetsuya Shiroo, a local gang member affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, shot and killed the mayor of Nagasaki in 2007. STR/AFP/Getty Images. In the Japanese underworld, the 21 other organized...
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Apr 18, 2007 · By Martin Fackler. April 18, 2007. NAGASAKI, Japan — The police on Wednesday identified the killer of Mayor Kazunaga Ito as Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, a member of the largest organized crime group in...
Apr 17, 2007 · The gunman, Tetsuya Shiroo, a senior member of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest organized-crime syndicate, was wrestled to the ground by officers after the attack and arrested for attempted...
Apr 18, 2007 · The police said the assailant was Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, a member of Japan’s largest organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Mr. Shiroo was detained at the scene by members of Ito’s campaign...
Apr 18, 2007 · Tetsuya Shiroo, a senior member of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest organised crime syndicate, was wrestled to the ground by officers after the attack and arrested for attempted murder, police...